May / June 2026

Routine EHR practices can undermine your malpractice defense. Implementing these best practices reduces the risks.

A three-item screening tool and the “EAR” framework can help you quickly identify and address patient loneliness.

As new AI tools emerge, we must learn to critically evaluate their output while understanding that how we ask a question often determines the accuracy of the answer.

Earlier contact with patients during the postpartum period is important for assessing complications and preventing maternal morbidity.

We often underestimate the impact we can have on others, for better or worse.

Compliance program for small practices | Tuberculosis skin test | Hospital care for patient with infectious disease | G2211 with advance care planning | Remote physiologic monitoring time requirements

Reduce rooming inefficiencies | Use a centralized system for time-off requests | Ask FPM: find the right advisor to sell your practice

Visit note templates optimized for billing took some of the human touch out of primary care. AI can help us get it back.

The AAFP recently convened stakeholders for a whole health summit and identified action steps to improve practice adoption of whole health strategies.

Interventions in primary care can help to educate patients, reduce alcohol use during pregnancy, and prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.